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Carter, Nancy; Felton, Nathan; Schwertman, Neil – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
Engaging students in active learning can enhance their understanding and appreciation of a subject such as statistics. Classroom activities and projects help to engage students and further promote the learning process. In this paper, an activity investigating the influence of population size and wealth on the medal counts from the 2012 London…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Demography, Athletics, Awards
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LeMire, Steven D. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2010
This paper proposes an argument framework for the teaching of null hypothesis statistical testing and its application in support of research. Elements of the Toulmin (1958) model of argument are used to illustrate the use of p values and Type I and Type II error rates in support of claims about statistical parameters and subject matter research…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Relationship, Statistical Significance, Models
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Brownstein, Naomi; Pensky, Marianna – Journal of Statistics Education, 2008
The objective of the present paper is to provide a simple approach to statistical inference using the method of transformations of variables. We demonstrate performance of this powerful tool on examples of constructions of various estimation procedures, hypothesis testing, Bayes analysis and statistical inference for the stress-strength systems.…
Descriptors: Transformations (Mathematics), Computation, Hypothesis Testing, Models